Trim leading and trailing whitespace from a string:
$string =~ s/^\s*(.*?)\s*$/$1/;


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[mailto:perl-unix-users-admin@;listserv.ActiveState.com]On Behalf Of Terry
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Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 9:03 PM
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Subject: [Perl-unix-users] trim trailing spaces


Hello.  What's the quickest way to trim trailing spaces from a variable ??

Terry


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